The Causey Consulting Podcast

Here we are in the midst of The Great Resignation and yet: so many companies don't get it. I still see job descriptions and terms that make me wince. Key topics: ✔️ "Hungry" may mean you'll go hungry if you work there. Or that you'll be fired if you don't work 80 hours but get paid for 40. ✔️ I remember turning down a job offer when the manager told me, "I want y...

#blessed #livingyourbestlife Always find a silver lining! 🤨 What do we do in situations where we aren't #blessed? Or where we've faced a senseless tragedy and there is no silver lining? Key topics: ✔️ In 2015, Kate Bowler was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. This was after spending a chunk of her career researching the American prosperity gospel, the "#blessed" culture, and the...

Trigger warning : In this episode, I will be discussing grief, loss, and bereavement as well as other potentially triggering topics (abuse, depression, suicide, etc.). If you feel that any of these topics could be overwhelming for you, please skip this episode. Key topics: ✔️ There is more acceptance and open discussion now about mental health in general, as well as anxiety and depression. But wha...

The most downloaded guest episode to date featured Scott Grayson talking about cubicle zombie life. This topic is now even more germane than when we discussed it in June of 2020. 🤔 Key topics: ✔️ Updates on what Scott's up to these days. Spoiler alert: a lot. ✔️ If you weren't ready last year but you are ready now to escape the cubicle zombie life... how do you do it? ✔️ If you are Mike...

On Monday, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus went down. Was your business impacted by it? Did you hardly even notice? Key topics: ✔️ As I've said repeatedly: the future is now. Censorship. Banning & shadow banning. Was the outage really caused by a network problem or was it something else? I dunno, but I do know that if you're still out there basing your entire income on a pl...

In this episode, I discuss my rediscovery of real food. Yet what does that mean? What is real food versus fake food or Frankenfoods? Links to the books I discuss: Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food: https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Food-Michael-Pollan/dp/1594133328 Nina Planck's Real Food: https://www.amazon.com/Real-Food-What-Eat-Why/dp/1632864584 Gina Mallet's Last Chance to Eat: h...

In March, I recorded an episode called " No More Dieting... So Now What ?" After reading Dr. Aamodt's book, Why Diets Make Us Fat, I wanted to figure out that million dollar question for myself. If I don't want to yo-yo diet and punish myself anymore, what do I do? Key topics: ✔️ The Buddhist idea of the Middle Path is so useful here. Too much asceticism makes life dull and res...

You dream of leaving Corporate America behind. No more cubicle life for you! It's time to set yourself free. So you get started on a freelancing site and wait for the cash and the great opportunities to roll in... but WTH is actually going on?!? Key topics: ✔️ Sites like Upwork, Fiverr, and Freelancer.com can be   a decent place to get started and/or to garner some positive reviews and testim...

Teddy is a tailgate negotiator. You agree on terms up-front, sign necessary documents, and begin the project. But then... Teddy decides to renege, ask for items not agreed upon, insist on endless revisions, etc. Ned is needy. He wants to micromanage you and he has 50,000 questions to ask before he can hire you for the project. Ugh. Key topics: ✔️ You always have to consider the cost. When you are...

I recently heard an episode of Jenn Stevens' podcast entitled, " Emotional Alchemy: Turn Sh*t Into Gold. " I enjoyed it and it inspired me to record this episode about how you can turn poop experiences in your business into gold.  Key topics: ✔️ In business as in life, sometimes 💩 is gonna happen. This is part of the human condition. No one gets a perfect life or a perfect business...

I received an outpouring of responses from last week's episode about Bob getting stabbed in the back by his boss, Rick. Sadly, a lot of us have been Bob and have had at least one (often more than one) horrible experience like that at the hands of either a terrible boss, toxic company, scheming colleague, or some combo of all of the above.  Key topics: ✔️ One of my coaching clients asked me if...

What happens when we have been so hurt, so betrayed that we can't let it go? Part of toxic positivity is trying to pick yourself up and dust yourself off too fast. Or feeling guilty if you need to take a significant length of time to process pain. In this episode, I relay the story of Bob and how his boss, Rick, stabbed him in the back with no apparent remorse. Key topics: ✔️ Bob and Rick: no...

Sometimes it feels like we fall into a loop of bad luck or weird encounters. Other times when we are introspective, we may realize that these people or situations keep showing up due to toxic patterns. In this episode, I discuss ways to help you break those toxic patterns in your business. Key topics: ✔️ There are a lot of tips out there for breaking toxic patterns in relationships, especially for...

I've heard the entrepreneur Dan Lok say that most business issues are 70 to 80% mindset related and 20 to 30% tactical issues. I agree. But how do you know? How can you tell if it's a mindset issue, a tactical problem, or some combination of both? One of my coaching clients asked me that question recently and it's an important one. Key topics: ✔️ I hate to be the bearer of bad news,...

It's pretty easy to find articles, chats, and support if you're a client wishing to kvetch about a freelancer. And I get it: I've been on that end of the transaction, too, waiting and wondering if someone is actually going to submit the deliverable or if they fell off the face of the earth. It is def frustrating to pay good money and then feel like the person either gave you subpar...

If you ever feel like you're floating through life, not really sure about what you want or you look around at other people and feel envious... "Why do they have that? Why are they experiencing life so much better than me?" this is the episode for you. Or maybe you've just gotten your feet wet with setting goals or manifesting what you want but you're ready to level up and...

What happens when you're not stuck with nothing... you're just getting that which is unwanted? Sometimes getting 💩  feels worse than getting nothing at all.  Key topics: ✔️ Sadsacks and wounded birds tend to attract more of the same. If you're saying, "I don't want a wounded bird in my life" yet you yourself are a wounded bird, you're putting out a contradiction...

I received some Viewer Mail from "Eddie" who is struggling with ads. The types of ad strategies that work for others in his space aren't working for him. So now what? Key topics: ✔️ Eddie has hired a few "experts" who promised to help him and blow up his social media... yet nothing happened and they really weren't accountable for that. ✔️ If your business is tanking a...

We've all had times when we wanted something to show up in our lives but... where is it? How do we handle the impatience and frustration?  Key topics: ✔️ I think of Charlotte in SATC saying, "I'm exhausted! Where is he?!?"  ✔️ We intuitively know that when we try to put a stranglehold on something, we're not doing ourselves any favors. When we chase after someone or someth...

Is ghosting always a negative thing? In times past, we tended to think that there was never an acceptable time or circumstance to simply vanish. Yet technology has changed the culture so much and, like it or not, a lot of our interactions and more fleeting and transactional than ever. ✔️ How much do we owe other people? If you had one date with a person, do you need to write them a doctoral disser...

In this episode, I'm discussing some viewer mail I received from "Cindy." She is looking to attract clients who treat her with dignity and respect rather than being pains in the neck, micromanagers, unpleasable 💩 s, etc.  Key topics: ✔️ In her email to me, "Cindy" uses the term dignity, which I think is perfect. Your clients SHOULD BE treating you in that way and if they...

An hour worked should be an hour paid. Yet so many small business owners, solopreneurs, and freelancers feel like they need to give entirely too much away. In this episode, I discuss my client "Jeff" and his desire to work with better prospects and improve the cash flow in his business. Key topics: ✔️ If someone says all the right things during the intake call and then turns into a bugab...

Back in March, I recorded an episode about Making the Price Leap , which is when your business is surviving and you want to kick it up to thriving. I received some requests to discuss the first big leap, i.e., leaving your corporate job in order to step fully into your business or freelancing career.  Key topics: ✔️ Full disclosure: there is no one way to make the leap. Everyone's situation i...

It's April Fool's Day, but this is no joke. *insert wah wah horn here* Recently, I had a conversation with one of my clients about "almost" clients. What do we do with people who got 4th & Goal but never made the touchdown? Key topics: ✔️ Avoid the "close all deals by any means necessary" mentality. Not everyone you talk to is meant to be your client. ✔️ You canno...

Last November, I recorded an episode about Sandra Aamodt's book Why Diets Make Us Fat. This episode is a sort of next chapter to that. In other words: no more dieting, so now what? If you've done battle with the Quarantine 15, you'll understand why I'm asking this question. ✔️ A lot of us are getting back into the kitchen to cook, but sometimes, that has led to more comfort foo...